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Funded Projects
Bradley Baltensperger
PI
Michigan Department of Education – "Improving Teacher Quality: Developing Algebraic Thinking," with Shari Stockero; Chris Anderson ($247,000).
Michigan Department of Education – "Improving Teacher Quality: Statistics and Probability," with Chris Anderson; Shari Stockero ($254,000).
Michigan Department of Education – "Educators’ Science and Mathematics Institute Series 3: Applied Mathematics," with Chris Anderson ($223,000).
Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education – "Short-Term Professional Development Program for Korean Teachers," with Shalini Suryanarayana; Jaebong Jeong ($108,000).
Michigan Department of Education – "Educators’ Science and Mathematics Institute Series: Applied Sciences," with Chris Anderson; Shawn Oppliger ($212,000).
Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education – "Short-Term Professional Development Program for Korean Teachers," with Peck Cho; Shalini Suryanarayana ($205,000).
Michigan Department of Education – "Improving Teacher Quality: Partnerships for Professional Development: Community Land Use," with Chris Anderson; Shawn Oppliger ($212,000).
Michigan Department of Education – "Improving Teacher Quality: Partnerships for Professional Development: Watershed Investigations" with Chris Anderson; Shawn Oppliger ($212,000).
National Institute for International Educational Development (Republic of Korea) – "Short-Term Professional Development Program of Korean Secondary School Teachers of Science," with Peck Cho; Shalini Suryanarana ($210,000).
National Institute for International Educational Development (Republic of Korea) – "Short-Term Professional Development Program of Korean Secondary School Teachers of Science," with Chris Anderson; Peck Cho ($209,000).
Michigan Virtual University – "Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education for Teachers – Online Professional Development Courses," with Jackie Huntoon ($29,768).
U.S. Department of Education - "Preparing for 1992 and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Program for European Area Studies at M.T.U.," with J. C. Rallo; S. J. Loughrin-Sacco ($60,000).
GTE Lectureship Program - " Social Dimensions of the Greenhouse Effect," ($4,000).
NEH Summer Seminar, "The American West: Environment and History," participant.
Michigan Technological University Creativity Grant - "Community Risk Perception," with Branden B. Johnson ($7,000).
U.S. Department of Energy Grant, Workshops for Secondary Educators - "Energy Decisions and the Upper Midwest," with Duane L. Abata ($18,000).
Faculty Development Research Grant, Michigan Technological University - "Hedgerow Distribution and Removal in the Non-Forested Regions of the Midwest" ($4500).
Co-PI
Michigan Department of Education – "Educators’ Science and Mathematics Institute Series: Applied Mathematics," with Chris Anderson; Shawn Oppliger ($212,000).
Michigan Department of Education - "Educators' Science and Mathematics Institute Series--Continuation Proposal for Science Institutes," with C. Anderson; S. Oppliger ($100,000).
MTU Research Excellence Fund Grant - "Building GIS Capacity for the Industrial Archaeology and Environmental Policy Programs at MTU," with Patrick Martin, Susan Martin, Michael Hyslop ($32,500).
Mary Durfee
Co-PI
Co-PI,NSF IGERT in Sustainability,
2003. Team effort by faculty from MTU and Southern University. Amount. $3.5
million, John Sutherland, PI.
Kathleen Halvorsen
PI
“Research on Local Land Use Planning Efforts and the creation
of a Western Upper Peninsula Land Use Center,” U.S. Department of Agriculture
McIntire Stennis grant, ($210,00, 2002-05); Kathleen Halvorsen, PI.
This project emphasizes developing a deeper understanding of public participation
in forestland use and decision making. It has as an ultimate goal the
development of a center for this activity covering the Western Upper Peninsula
of Michigan.
“Great Lakes Septic System Standards and Enforcement,” The
Joyce Foundation, ($80,976, 2003-03); Kathleen Halvorsen, PI
Co-PI
"Renewable Energy from Forest Resources: An Investigation into the Viability of Large-Scale Production of Sustainable Transportation Fuels From Lignocellulosic Biomass", National Science Foundation, 2004-2010. PIs: Ann MacLean, Kathleen Halvorsen, Barry Solomon, David Shonnard, and David Flaspohler. Total funding: $1.8 million.
Alison Hoagland
PI
Americana Foundation,
"National Register Nomination of Mason," (2005-06, $10,000)
U.S. National
Park Service, "Determination of Eligibility to the National Register
of Historic Places of the Old and New Dormitories within the Mission
66 Headquarters Development on Mott Island at Isle Royale National
Park." (2004-05, $20,000)
U.S. National Park Service, "Development of a Long-Range
Education Plan for Keweenaw National Historical Park." (2004, $3,000)
"National Register Nominations, Ottawa
National Forest," U.S. Forest Service (2004-05, $20,000). Kim
Hoagland, PI. Through this project a graduate student will write
two National Register nominations for sites in the Ottawa.
Larry Lankton
PI
“Keweenaw National Historical Park: Historic Resource
Study,” National Park Service, ($119,999, 2001-03), Larry Lankton,
PI. This project, which included support for a graduate student,
involves preparation of a historical document intended to assist the Keweenaw
National Historical Park develop and interpret the copper mining industry
of the local area.
Carol MacLennan
"Proposal for Archaeological
and Historical Survey of the Huron Mine Complex, Houghton Michigan". City
of Houghton. Funded amount from City: $5,000. July 2003 through May
2004.
“Archaeological and Historical Survey of the Huron Mine
Complex,” City of Houghton, ($5000, 2003); Carol MacLennan,
PI. This project involves the preliminary investigation of this
local mine site and dam, conducted by graduate student Joe Wilson.
Pat Martin
PI
Archaeology at West Point Foundry. 2004 Scenic Hudson $137,473 (MTU cost
share $33,437; Co-PIs TJ Scarlett, and SR Martin.
Excavation of West Point Foundry, 2003 Scenic Hudson $69,362 (MTU cost share
$34,170); Co-PIs TJ Scarlett and SR Martin.
Mapping the Coal Creek Drainage, 2004 Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve
$57,797 (MTU cost share $19,470); Co-PIs TJ Scarlett and SR Martin.
Archaeological Survey, Coal Creek Drainage, 2003 Yukon Charley Rivers National
Preserve, $12,448 (MTU cost share $885); Co-PIs TJ Scarlett and SR Martin.
Archaeology at West Point Foundry, 2004 Earthwatch Institute $4,000; Co-PI
TJ Scarlett.
“Death Valley Project & Historic Overview” National
Park Service, Death Valley National Park ($7873, 2001-02). Pat Martin,
PI. This project involved conducting a historical survey of three
gold mining sites in the Death Valley Park, complete with documentary photographs.
Graduate student Gianfranco Archimede conducted all facets of this project.
“Historical and Archaeological Survey of the Union Building
Property, Calumet, MI,” sub-contract from Bahr, Vermeer, Haecker Architects
and the Keweenaw National Historical Park ($13,668, 2003); Pat Martin,
PI. This small contract project involved a rapid archaeological
survey of the Union Building Site in Calumet, under the direction of graduate
student Tim Mancl.
"Excavation of the Carp River Forge," Michigan Historical
Center, ($22,780, 2002). This project was the latest in a strong of awards
to the Department to support the excavation of the Carp River Forge in
Negaunee, MI – one of the first iron-making operations in the Upper
Peninsula. Graduate student Timothy Mancl is conducting this project.
"Cooperative Archaeological Training and Research on State
Land," Michigan History Center, ($20,000, 2002-03).
Susan Martin
PI
A Thematic Study of CCC-era Recreational Facilities on the Ottawa National
Forest. 2004. USDA/ USFS Ottawa National Forest. With A. Kim Hoagland and
Bruce Seely. $20,000. Support for Suika Rivett. Funded.
"Co-operative Agreement: Archaeological Collections Management,"
U.S. Forest Service, Ottawa Forest, ($3442, 2003); Susan Martin, PI.
These two awards continue a long-standing relationship between the Forest
Service and the Department of Social Sciences for the curation of historic
artifacts from sites in the Ottawa and Hiawatha National Forests.
Terry Reynolds
Houghton County Historical Society, "Calumet and Hecla Stamp
Mill – Land
Use History," $11,366 external award, submitted November 2003; awarded
Jan. 2004.
Calumet and Hecla Stamp Mill: Interpretive Plan, Houghton County
Historical Society, $14,747, 2004-2005.
Timothy Scarlett
PI
"Phase I Archaeological Assessment of the Fallasburg Grist
Mill Site," Fallasburg Historical Society, $16,000. Summer
2003. (fieldwork and report completed).
Bruce Seely
Co-PI
"Undergraduate Exploration of Nanoscience, Applications, and
Societal Implications at Michigan Tech," National Science Foundation,
Nanoscale Science and Engineering (MUE) Competition, ($100,000). PI: John
Jaszczak; co-PIs Michelle Miller, Elias Aifantis, Gerald Caneba, et.al.,
Barry Solomon
Co-PI
"Renewable Energy from Forest Resources: An Investigation into the Viability of Large-Scale Production of Sustainable Transportation Fuels From Lignocellulosic Biomass", National Science Foundation, 2004-2010. PIs: Ann MacLean, Kathleen Halvorsen, Barry Solomon, David Shonnard, and David Flaspohler. Total funding: $1.8 million.
"Evaluation of Low Greenhouse Gas Bio-Based Energy Technologies", Caterpillar, Inc, 2006. PIs: David Shonnard, Dana Johnson, Robert Froese, John Sutherland, and Barry Solomon. Total funding: $150,000.
Pat Martin, Susan Martin and Timothy
Scarlett
“Mapping of the West Point Foundry,” Scenic
Hudson Inc., ($30,548, 2002); Pat Martin, PI, Susan Martin and Timothy
Scarlett, co-PIs. This project supported the 2002 archaeology field school,
with the focus on developing the basic map of the site. Graduate student
Alicia Valentino carried out the majority of the research.
"Excavation of the West Point Foundry," Scenic
Hudson, Inc., ($35,192, 2003); Pat Martin, PI, Susan Martin and
Timothy Scarlett, co-PIs. This project continued the Department's
involvement with the West Point foundry site, as the site of the 2003
archaeology field school. Excavation work began on a number of features,
including the boring mill and office building. Graduate student Kim
Finch is guiding the preparation of the report on the 2003 excavation
efforts.
"Archaeological Survey, Coal Creek Drainage," National
Park Service, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve ($11,563, 2003);
Pat Martin, PI, Susan Martin and Timothy Scarlett, co-PIs. This project
involves a preliminary archaeological investigation and survey of 20
twentieth-century gold and other mining sites, leading to a more complete
investigation in future years. Graduate student Larry Mishkar will
conduct this project.
"Archaeological Survey, Proposed Sewer Alignment, Franklin
Township, MI," Franklin Township, ($22,946, 2003); Pat
Martin, PI, Susan Martin and Timothy Scarlett, co-PIs.
Timothy Scarlett and Pat
Martin
"Phase 1, Archaeological Reconnaissance at the Fallasburg
Mil Site, Fallasburg, MI," Fallasburg Historical Society, ($16,796,
2003); Timothy Scarlett, PI, Pat Martin, co-PI.
Barry Solomon and Kathy Halvorsen
Co-PIs
Co-P.I.s on the newly funded interdisciplinary research project,
"Renewable Energy From Forest Resources: A Planning Grant for Investigating
the Complex Interrelated Issues of Generating Automotive Fuels from Lignocellulosic
Biomass",
supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The total award
is $114,490 for 2004-05, and is a pilot grant from the NSF Biocomplexity
Program.
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